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Futur Possible | Possible Futures

Strategies and actions for centring art in a thriving arts sector

March 21-23, 2024 – Banff, AB


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*Please note that details are subject to change.
All times are local.


Thursday, March 21, 2024

Day One: Coming together, starting the conversation

Thursday, March 21, 2024

2:00pm


Registration opens


@Kinnear Centre for Creativity and Innovation

2:45pm


Peer Session #1 – Peer Meet and Greet


  • Board Chairs
    Kinnear Centre Room 305
  • Executive Directors & CEOs
    Kinnear Centre Room 101 & 103
  • Artistic Directors & Chief Curators
    Kinnear Centre Room 302
  • Emerging Leaders
    Kinnear Centre Room 306
  • Foundations, Government & Funders
    Kinnear Centre Room 308

4:30pm


Welcome


@Kinnear Centre for Creativity and Innovation

5:00pm


Keynote Presentation:

Futurisms: AI, humanity and the arts

  • Dr. Richard Lachman
  • Dr. Sageev Oore

@Kinnear Centre for Creativity and Innovation

6:30pm


Social hour and Open Studio Tour


@Glyde Hall Studios: Walter Phillips Gallery

Friday, March 22, 2024

Day Two: Notes from the Future
Emergent ideas, opportunities and concerns in the arts sector

Friday, March 22, 2024

7:00am


Breakfast


@The Vistas Dining Room

9:00am


Coffee and Day 2 Welcome


@Kinnear Centre: Cenovus Great Hall

9:35pm


Banff Centre Cultural Leadership Program Update


@Kinnear Centre: Cenovus Great Hall


  • Kelly Wilhelm
    Consultant, Banff Centre Leadership Programs
  • Mark Wold
    Executive Director, Leadership, Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity

9:45am


Session#1: Collective Action

Resilience from Crisis: Conversations on the Future of Working Together


@Kinnear Centre: Cenovus Great Hall


  • Aileen Burns
    Co-Executive Director and CEO, Remai Modern
  • Johan Lundh
    Co-Executive Director and CEO, Remai Modern
  • Ben Dietschi
    Senior Consultant, DeVos Institute of Arts Management
  • Devyani Saltzman
    Writer, Curator, Incoming Director for Arts at the Barbican

10:45am


In Conversation with Michelle Chawla

Director and CEO of the Canada Council for the Arts


@Kinnear Centre for Creativity and Innovation

11:30am


Session #2: Organizational Capacity

Attracting and Retaining Future Arts Leaders


@Kinnear Centre for Creativity and Innovation


  • Charlie Wall-Andrews
    Executive Director, SOCAN Foundation
  • Cynthia Lickers-Sage
    Executive Director, Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance
  • maxine bailey
    Executive Director, Canadian Film Centre
  • Nick Chambers
    Partner, Boyden Executive Search
  • Moderated by: Sanjay Shahani
    Executive Director, Edmonton Arts Council

12:30pm


Lunch


@Sally Borden Building: The Vistas Dining Room

1:30pm


Peer Session #2


  • Group A
    Kinnear Centre Room 101 & 103
  • Group B
    Kinnear Centre Room 306
  • Group C
    Kinnear Centre Room 305
  • Board Chairs Group A
    Kinnear Centre Room 302
  • Board Chairs Group B
    Kinnear Centre Room 304
  • Foundations, Government & Funders
    Kinnear Centre Room 310

2:55pm


Session#3: Advocacy

Future Proofing the Arts: Funding Models and Economic Sustainability


@Kinnear Centre: Cenovus Great Hall


  • Maya Choldin
    Executive Director, Theatre Calgary
  • Simon Mallett
    Executive Director, Rozsa Foundation
  • Paul Genest
    Senior Vice-President, Power Corporation of Canada
  • Rags Davloor
    Chair, The National Ballet of Canada
  • Moderated by: David Maggs
    Fellow on Arts and Society, Metcalf Foundation

3:55pm


Remarks from MP Taleeb Noormohamed, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage


@Kinnear Centre: Cenovus Great Hall

4:00pm


Happy Hour


@Kinnear Centre: Room 105


Featuring a performance by Jennie Harluk, an emerging artist from Calgary and participant in the First Up with RBCXMusic program.

6:00pm


Delegates Dinner


@Vistas Dining Room

7:30pm


Mariya Stokes Live


@Maclab Bistro

Saturday, March 23, 2024
Day Three: Re-Centering the Arts
What would have to change for creativity to be a core Canadian value?

Saturday, March 23, 2024

7:00am


Breakfast


@The Vistas Dining Room

9:00am


Coffee and Day 3 Welcome


@Kinnear Centre: Cenovus Great Hall

9:30am


Ask the Expert


Session 1: AI and the arts
@Kinnear Centre Cenovus Great Hall

With expert:

  • Dr. Richard W. Lachman

Session 2: Advocacy
@Kinnear Centre Room 305

With experts:

  • Sean Casey, Managing Director, PAA Advisory | Conseils
  • Andrew Walker, Director (Arts, Culture, and Procurement), PAA Advisory | Conseils
  • Elizabeth Seip, Senior Advisor with the Arts and Culture group, PAA Advisory | Conseils

Session 3: Data-Driven Audience Development
@Kinnear Centre Room 301

With experts:

  • Rachael DiMenna, Senior Manager, Strategy and Partnerships, Fever
  • Rajan Kalsi, General Manager, Fever

10:50am


Peer Session #3


  • Performing Arts
    Kinnear Centre Room 101 & 103
  • Heritage and Multi-Arts
    Kinnear Centre Room 301
  • Board Chairs – Performing Arts
    Kinnear Centre Room 302
  • Board Chairs – Heritage and Multi-Arts
    Kinnear Centre Room 304
  • Visual Arts & Film
    Kinnear Centre Room 306
  • Music
    Kinnear Centre Room 308
  • Foundations, Government & Funders
    Kinnear Centre Room 310

11:50am


Lunch


@Vistas Dining Room

1:00pm


Session #4: Culture Shifts

Urgent Optimism: The Role of Arts and Culture Moving Forward


@Kinnear Centre for Creativity and Innovation


  • Julia Lafreniere
    Head of Indigenous Ways and Learning, Winnipeg Art Gallery—Qaumajuq
  • Nick Stillman
    Executive Director, Prospect New Orleans
  • Rose-Ingrid Benjamin
    Senior Engagement Strategist, Community & Partnerships, National Arts Centre
  • Sarah Garton Stanley
    Vice President of Programming, Arts Commons
  • Moderated by: Jean-François Bélisle
    Director and CEO, National Gallery of Canada

2:15pm – 3:00pm


Optional Programming


A Curator’s Tour – Cassils: Movement

@Walter Phillips Gallery


A Reading from the Slaight Theatre Creation Residency

@Margaret Greenham Theatre

6:00pm


President’s Dinner


@Kinnear Centre


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